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interior design|ɪnˈtɪərɪə dɪˈzaɪn| [f. interior n. 1 c + design n. 7.] The design of the interior of a building, including wallpaper, furniture, fittings, etc., according to artistic and architectural criteria. So interior designer, one whose business is to plan such interiors. Cf. prec. entry.
1927T. P. Bennett Archit. Design in Concrete 13 The effect of this adjustment of proportion and detail upon interior design is..in some ways more fundamental than the effect on the new proportions upon exterior designs. 1938Decorative Art p. xxxii, The favourable attention of all leading Interior Designers can be secured..through a single publication, ‘Interior Design and Decoration’. 1957Encycl. Brit. XII. pl. x (caption) Living room by Ain, Johnson and Day, showing relationship of interior and exterior design. 1962H. Stephenson Design & Decoration in Home 7 There is more to interior design than just putting furniture in a room and paint on a wall. 1967E. Short Embroidery & Fabric Collage iii. 64 Good interior designers sometimes go as far as having carpets specially designed and manufactured. 1972Guardian 17 May 9/4 She turned to interior design. |